Re: a Re: Question 11113020

smalcom wrote:

21stNow wrote:

smalcom wrote:

There's a sucker born every minute.

How is anyone being a sucker?

Why would anyone believe anything that was so farfetched? Nobody questions anything anymore. How may emails have you received from people telling you to text some company or forward an email and you will get money or something for free? That's what I mean by a sucker born every minute. Learn to question what seems outrageous. Just because it comes in an email, is posted on the Internet, or comes as a text doesn't mean it's factual.

How is it not questioning when I called AT&T before I even got the text message to see if it was for real? That's what I normally do in these situations. I get emails from my friends all the time about some crazy offer. If I call them to see if they actually sent it, they usually say no. I know that people are hacking email accounts now to send messages to everyone in their address book. I have often heard that these things happen with text messges, too. I don't concern myself with rogue text messages as much, because I have all texts blocked on my iPhone. The only ones that I can receive are from AT&T.

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That would be partially correct. The purchase blocker is not solely for SMS messages and it does not block the messages themselves from reaching you.

What the purchase blocker covers is the DirectBill service which covers a lot more. This can include things like said SMS subscriptions/fees, ringtones, applications, games, wallpapers, FamilyMap, MobiTV, music radio service etc etc.

There are a lot of services that can be billed directly to your AT&T account. You can also check and manage your subscriptions for each line here:

That would be partially correct. The purchase blocker is not solely for SMS messages and it does not block the messages themselves from reaching you.

What the purchase blocker covers is the DirectBill service which covers a lot more. This can include things like said SMS subscriptions/fees, ringtones, applications, games, wallpapers, FamilyMap, MobiTV, music radio service etc etc.

There are a lot of services that can be billed directly to your AT&T account. You can also check and manage your subscriptions for each line here:

*The views and opinions expressed on this forum are purely my own. Any product claim, statistic, quote, or other representation about a product or service should be verified with the manufacturer, provider, or party.

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Re: Question 11113020

Is there any way to verify that this number belongs to AT&T rather than some third party? A man I work with ended up signing up for something like a daily bible verse, never received anything yet ended up with a charge on his monthly bill. He says he has no idea what would have triggered this. I'm skeptical of anything that I can't confirm first.

Re: Question 11113020

bkmjk wrote:

Is there any way to verify that this number belongs to AT&T rather than some third party? A man I work with ended up signing up for something like a daily bible verse, never received anything yet ended up with a charge on his monthly bill. He says he has no idea what would have triggered this. I'm skeptical of anything that I can't confirm first.

This is exactly what the purchase block I mentioned above would prevent.

The code 11113020 is "odd" - standard short codes are 5 or 6 digits long. It's 8. It doesn't seem to show up in any short code directory.

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